Violin attachment



A HETT VIOLIN ATTACHMENT.

No. 17,218. Patented May 5, 1857.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDRINV HETT, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGLM VIOLIN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17.218. dated May 5, 1857.

To all w/wm 272/ may concern Be 1t known that 1, ANDREW Hn'r'r, 0t Augusta. in the county of Richmond and improved attachment to the violin for the improvement and quality of the tone of the instrument, which I call a vibrating violing and I do hereby declare that the following is a tall and exact description thereot, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing an ordinary violin with tour additional strings in such a manner and so tuned as to vibrate all the sharp and flat tones. i

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its operation and construction.

This improvement is taken from three natural vibrating tones of the violin as for instance the note GQwith the third finger on the D string, has a vibration from the G string the note D, with the third finger on the A string. has a vibration from the open -D--string. also the third finger on the E string has a vibration from the open A string, producing from the three natural tones tour morevibrating tones.

The drawing represents an ordinary violin showing all the parts of the attachmentc, c, c, c, the ordinary strings used. shown bv the blue hnes. a the bridge. 0 the nut or g head of the violin, o the finger board. 12/ the State of Georgia, have invented a new and tail piece or string holder. These constitute the ordinary violin. The attachment consists. A. a flat piece on the under side of the nut or head containing the tour pins or screws 8. s, s. s.'with the tour vibrating strings w. '2'. '1 shown bv the red lines attached. These strings pass through the nut or head 6. passing under the finger-board o and through the bridge 11. under the tail piece in. to the butt end of the violin where thei are fastened. These are ordinary violin strings. The first two are A string. the others E strings. The first string is tuned F the second Gt. the third Bl. and the fourth Ci. These tour strings will vibrate through all the sharp and flat tones of the instrument, either violin. violoncello or other instrument of a similar character.

\That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The application of the vibrating strings to violins. violoncellos and other similar instruments in the manner described and for the purpose set forth.

ANDRE'W H uTT.

'itnesses:

GORDON Garnnxmi. E, V. Bnowx. 

